CNN Anchor Gives Side-Eye During Trump Supporter’s Davos Defense | EUROtoday

CNN anchor Abby Phillip admitted being perplexed Wednesday throughout an on-air dialogue over the implications of President Donald Trump repeatedly complicated Iceland and Greenland.

Trump made the eyebrow-raising gaffe 4 occasions throughout a 72-minute speech Wednesday on the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. That night, Phillip led a panel dialogue concerning the president’s headline-making remarks on “CNN NewsNight,” the place she discovered herself engaged in a heated debate with writer and journalist Batya Ungar-Sargon, who hosts the NewsNation speak present, “Batya.”

Ungar-Sargon, an outspoken supporter of Trump, acknowledged the errors within the president’s speech however advised his govt actions on overseas coverage have been worthy of reward.

“He messed up. He called it Iceland,” she stated. “I’ve never once heard him say the word ‘Azerbaijan’ correctly, but that doesn’t mean that he did not bring peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Like, the fact that he cannot be bothered to pronounce it correctly doesn’t mean that the record isn’t there.”

Though others on the panel started to react to Ungar-Sargon’s remarks with laughter, she continued: “It doesn’t mean that he didn’t cut our deficit by 20% in one year. It doesn’t mean that he didn’t actually bring $18 trillion committed.”

Ungar-Sargon was, after all, reiterating Trump’s declare that the U.S. has “secured a record-breaking $18 trillion in commitments for new investments.” As Phillip shortly identified, nevertheless, this determine conflicts with the $9.6 trillion that seems on the White House’s web site.

Still, Ungar-Sargon didn’t relent. “That’s the website,” she replied.

At that time, Phillip shot Ungar-Sargon some epic side-eye earlier than noting, “I don’t know what to say.”

Trump’s Davos speech was carefully watched all over the world given his latest threats to take over Greenland, which have led to a spike in tensions between the U.S. and Europe.

Not surprisingly, the remarks have been broadly panned by media retailers and Democratic lawmakers like California Gov. Gavin Newsom. Appearing on Fox News Wednesday, nevertheless, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt insisted the response to the speech had been overwhelmingly constructive.

“I was in the room,” she stated. “It has rave reviews, because the President just tells it like it is.”